ISPF, ISPF 2.x, MVS38J

ISRZ00 in MVS38J

ISRZ00 – ISPF Generic Messages for MVS38J / Hercules(current version 1.2.00  2022-07-09) When developing application dialogues under ISPF 2.0 (Wally Mclaughlin’s ISPF-like product) on a Hercules/MVS38J system, some form of error processing and messaging is most likely an application requirement. Even when quickly developing a productivity tool! ISPF 2.0 (referred to ISPF in this post) message facility displays a short…

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ISPF, MVS38J

ISPF in MVS38J

Developer Productivity Developing computing systems require tools such as editors, compilers, data and test environments before distributing a beta and/or production product. On my MVS 38J system, I use two user-written editing facilities, RPF (Rob’s Programming Facility by Rob Prince) and RFE (Review Front End by Greg Price), which run under TSO. Both facilities are installed in the TK3 and…

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ISPF, ISPF 2.x, MVS38J, Uncategorized

Using ISPF Table Services in MVS 3.8J

Overview ISPF tables store organized data in virtual storage for temporary residency or DASD for permanent residency as a PDS member in the ISPTABL library. Table services are categorized as 1) table level – action impacting a table, 2) table row level – action impacting a table row, and 3) display level – impacting display of table rows. ISPF tables…

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